Usage:
Arnoldsburg sandstone member [informal] of Monongahela Formation (KY,MD,OH,PA,WV)
Arnoldsburg sandstone member [informal] of Pittsburgh Formation (WV)
Considered informal by the USGS. For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Arnoldsburg, Calhoun Co., western WV (Hennen, 1911).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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